Countries
Afganistan
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Bonjour
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
désolé
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Français
  
French Name
pachto
  
français
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic